Browsing: Vincent Gentile

Their job is to balance the city’s budget, but some City Council members are having trouble getting their personal spending under control. When it comes to personal credit card debt, our own Councilman Vincent Gentile appears to be the governing body’s biggest spender — owing between between $30,000 and $287,976 on six different cards, according to 2014 financial disclosure reports released by the Conflicts of…

Councilman Vincent Gentile will host a job fair at William McKinley Junior High School this Monday, June 15. The event, which will run from from 3pm to 8pm, with feature recruiters from local organizations, national businesses, the armed forces, and city government agencies, including Prudential, Walgreens, FDNY, and Total Transportation Corp. “Many of our constituents…

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan nabbed his second tabloid endorsement for May 5 special election for Congress this weekend. The New York Daily News editorial board unenthusiastically endorsed the Republican prosecutor over his rival, Councilman Vincent Gentile Saturday, arguing that Donovan could get more done for New York in a Republican-controlled House. The paper’s editorial board is not…

Responding to our reporting on the dismal and dangerous condition of Bensonhurst Park, elected officials slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration for excluding all of Southern Brooklyn in its Parks Department budget. “Southern Brooklyn was completely left off of the mayor’s Community Parks Initiative, which was started to address years of inadequate and or no funding for parks across the…

Parents are not buying claims that I.S. 201 Dyker Heights Intermediate School (8010 12th Avenue) is safe to resume classes after a partial wall collapse nearly crushed a classroom of students on Monday. An inspection has determined that the building is structurally sound, according to the latest Department of Buildings information, but parents say they are deeply troubled…

With exactly two weeks left until the May 5 special election for the 11th Congressional District seat, it’s time to start thinking about who to vote for, how to vote, when to vote, and whether you’ll need to fill out an absentee ballot. The district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Southern Brooklyn, was…

Congressional hopefuls Councilman Vincent Gentile and Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan will face off for the 11th District seat in a live, televised debate tomorrow, April 14, at the College of Staten Island. The one-hour debate, cosponsored by NY1 News and the Staten Island Advance, will be moderated by NY1 political anchor Errol Louis and will…

Despite the flurries, the show went on. Over 100 neighbors marched down 18th Avenue for Bensonhurst’s first-ever Lunar New Year Parade Sunday, hosted by the Asian Community United Society (ACUS). The festivities continued at the Salvation Army building, located at 7309-7321 18th Avenue, where partygoers were joined by Councilman Mark Treyger, Assemblyman Peter Abbate, Assemblyman William Colton, and Councilman Vincent Gentile.…

It’s official! Councilman Vincent Gentile was selected as the Democratic candidate for the 11th Congressional District last night and will face off with prosecutor Daniel Donovan for the seat left vacant by ex-Congressman Michael Grimm. Gentile released a statement accepting the nod today: I am honored to accept the Democratic nomination for New York’s 11th congressional district. Today,…

All are invited to a town hall meeting hosted by the Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance and the Dyker Heights Civic Association tomorrow night to discuss illegal home conversions that have long plagued Brooklyn neighborhoods. The meeting will be held at The Knights of Columbus (1305 86th Street) on Thursday, February 26, from 7pm-9pm. Local elected officials, community leaders, and governmental agency…